While Sadollah’s situation isn’t too dire, the inconsistency is still worth his upright and full attention. To address it, he looks to fight again in the near future to get back in the win column.

“I’d like to fight January-ish, but I’m still waiting to hear from the powers that be,” Sadollah told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).

After losing to Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 114, Sadollah (5-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) responded with back-to-back wins over Peter Sobota at UFC 122 and DaMarques Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24. Then came what appeared to be an out-of-character performance in his most recent bout, which came in August against Duane Ludwig at UFC on Versus 5.

Outside of a pair of unsuccessful takedown attempts from Sadollah, and a meaningless takedown late in the third round from Ludwig, the vast majority of the fight was purely a kickboxing match. And it was clear from early on that Ludwig’s international experience in the kickboxing realm was going to trump the muay Thai style of Sadollah.

Ludwig was consistently able to land the cleaner, harder strikes from distance and also counter Sadollah with his left hook when he came inside. Ludwig’s effort was enough to earn him a three-round unanimous decision. Meanwhile, Sadollah was left frustrated.

“I don’t want to harp on it,” Sadollah said. “And nothing to take away from Duane Ludwig. I thought he fought a great fight, but yeah, during the fight and after … I personally don’t think I did as well as I could do.”

Sadollah believes the nature of his training leading up to the fight may have had something to do with his lackluster performance, but ultimately, the burden falls on him.

“In retrospect, I think there were things I could have been doing differently for training,” Sadollah said. “But, I can’t say that I was injured or there wasn’t anything I could do. It was just the way it was.

“Every camp I don’t try to change things drastically, but there’s always little tweaks because every athlete is different and every fight is different.”

Losses inside the octagon can be rather profound and stark at times, and each fighter has a different way of dealing with a loss.

“I sulk for a few days to weeks,” Sadollah said. “Then after that, (I) get back on the horse.”

Well, he’s also been known to hit up a few Las Vegas karaoke bars with his brothers as a way to clear his head and recharge. “Take On Me” by A-Ha is his favorite elixir.

UFC on Versus 5 may not have been his night, but there will be more opportunities to show his worth.

“I had how many months to make it my night?” Sadollah said. “It’s only my fault. I just have to make the next one my night.”

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